Mattress beater



April 22 1924.

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A. WUEST MATTRESS BEATER Filed Oct. 15, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 AaAM Wufsr Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

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ADAM WUEST, F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ADAM. WUEST, A Pff-i321!NERSHIPA COMPOSED OF'ADAM WUEST, Y".IJMER WUES'I, AND HERBERT WUEST, OF CINCIN- NATI, oHIo.

MATTRESS Bmrnn.

Application led October 15, 1923. Serial Nm 668,588. e

e Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinventedA a new and useful Improvement in Mattress Beaters, of which the following isa specification.

In the manufacture of mattresses it has heretofore been the custom in smoothing and leveling to beat the surfaces Vofthe mattress with a club to evenly distribute and pack the stuffing material priorto tufting the mattress. This method is f slow andv very laborious.

An object of my invention is to provide a device for mechanically beating mattresses.

Another object is to provide a device of this kind which is simple ofA construction.

Another object isto provide a device of` this kind that lis efficient and rapidY in operation.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan A,view of a device of my invention. j

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional Yelevation on line 3-3 of Fig.- 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental cross sectional elevation on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5is a detail of my invention in perl spective.

AThe machine comprises a rectangular top Vframe 6, which may be constructed of channel iron and a vrectangnlar base frame 7, secured in spaced relation by uprights 8 at the four corners thereof. Suitablebraces 9 may be added to insure rigidity of the framework. Secured to each upright 8 kis an upper block 10 and a lower block 11* between whichis.

held a guide rod 12. 1 e Within the frame and between the blocks 10 and 11 is a Vmovable base 13 having secured at its four corners guides le through which the Yguide rods 12pass and the rods 12 and guides 14 serve 4to preclude movement of movable Vbase 13 except for vertical reciprocation.

The movable base 1 3 is capable of adjust-` ment to a raised' or lowered position as shown in the left and right portions respectively in Fig. 3. The raising mechanism for moving the movable base 13 comprises a hand Y of the paddle shafts, a description of lever 15 for actuating lever shaft 16 which' i is revolubly mounted in standards 17. Arms 18 are keyed to lever shaft 16 on their one end and carry shaft 19 revolubly mounted in suitable boresV in the free ends thereof. Links 20 aref pivotally mounted at their opposite ends to shaft 19 and a rod 21 suitably mounted in brackets 210 which are secured to movableV base 13.

Midway betweentlie ends of each lever shaft 16 is secured a clevis 22. The clevises 22 'extend in substantially opposite directions so that when one :extends upwardly the other extends downwardly. A divided tie rod 23 has its ends pivotallyV mounted on clevis 22 and vis connected by a turnbuckleY 251 on the threaded endsthereof for f adjusting tlielength of the tie rod, this being a com- Y to raise orV lower each end of vthe movable base 13 simultaneously. "Counterweights 25 are secured to cables 2 6 which in turnpass over suitable pulleys or rollers-27 and Yhave their ends attached to the movable base-13 to facilitate the raising and'lowering operation. Ihile I have shown and described a manuallyv operated lifting mechanism it isV understood that-'any suitable power mechanism could be employed within the scope of the invention. 1

' The paddle or `beating mechanism consists of twoVK similar units, the upper one .being mounted on thetop frame 6`while the lower one is mounted on the movablefba'seV 13. In-

'asmuch as thefmechanisms are 'identical in constructionV and'siz'e except as tothe length one will sufice for both.` 1 Y Y l A series of bearing blocks 28Z are mounted onopposite sides of top frame 6. Thru aligned bearing `bores Vin the bearing blocks V28 extend paddle shafts 29 which-are square except at the ends where they Vare turned vshafts 29 are leather beaters or paddles 31 mountedgin spaced relation on the four Ysides of shaft 2 9k as shown in Fig. 5. The paddles are so arrangedon 'successive shafts to nt the bearing bores in the blocks 28.

as to prevent interference of paddles on adjacent shafts. One of the upper shafts 29 has mounted on its one extreme end a suitable pulley 32 which may be connected with a suitable source of power. The same shaft 29 has mounted on its other end a bevel gear A splined shaft 34 is suitably journaled on top frame 6 and movable base 13. The shaft 34 has a bevel gear 35 keyed thereto at the top to mesh with gear 33. ii sliding bevel gear 36 has a key therein engaging in the spline in shaft 34. An intermeshing bevel gear. 37 cooperatesl with sliding bevel gear 36 to transmit power to the lower paddle mechanism which is mounted onrmovable base 13 in the same man'- ner as the upper paddle mechanism is mounton top frame 6. Thru'the agency of the splined shaft 34 and sliding bevel gear-36 the power may be transmitted to the lower paddle mechanism whether movable base 13 be raised or lowered. The endmost shafts 29 also carry on one rnd thereof sprockets 38. Cam shafts 39 are retained in a vertical elongated aperture 40 in the hangers 4l secured to upper table 42, and are journaled in suitable bearings 43. pper cams 44 are keyed to cam shafts 39. rod 45 extends through suitable bores in the up.- per part, of each pair of hangers 41 and extends beyond said hangers and rests on the cams 44.y `When the cams are revolved the upper table 42 is raised and permitted to drop abruptly. The aperture 40 in hanger 41 together with cam shaft39 serves to limit the movement of table 42 to a vertical reciprocationv Y The lower table 46 is provided with guides 47 sliding'on guide rod 12. As shown in Fig. 4 pins 48 on table 46 ride on the lower cams 49 which are keyed. to lower cam shafts 50. The lower cam shafts are journaled in blocks 51 which are supported on movable base 13, The actuating of the cam shafts is accomplishedvinrboth upper and lower mechanisms by means of sprockets 38 on the endmost paddleshafts 29 and chain and sprocketconnecticn 51-52 to the several cam shafts. The tables 42 and 46 are not solid but comprise a series of longitudinal slats 53 spaced so that the paddles may pass between them.

in operation a mattress which has been stuffed and bound-is placed on lower table 46 mounted o-n movable base 13 which is then in lowered position as shown in Fig. 2 and in the right half Vof Fig. 3. The lever 15 is then movedturning lever shaft 16 which swings arms 18 upwardly as showny in left of Fig.- 3. Thearms 18 carry the shaft 19 with them which pushes upwardly on links 20. This raises the rod 21 carrying brackets 210 which in turn raises the movable base 13, The raising mechanisms at the two ends are actuated simultaneousdle driving mechanism is slidingly connected to the splined shaft 34. Power is then applied to pulley 32 whereupon each of the paddle shafts 29 will be revolved, adjacent shafts turning in opposite directions, the paddles' 31 rapidly striking the mattress upon the top and bottom. The cams 44 and 49 on the upper and lower mechanisms respectively are at the same time raising Vthe tables 42 and 46 respectively and allowing them to drop abruptly as the shoulders on the periphery of the cams vpass the support- D ing members 45 and 48 of the tables 42 and 46 respectively. Thus the two tables 42 and 46 are oscillatedl vertically quite rapidly which in practice amounts to a continuo-us rapid vibration. This vibration permits the mattress to shift about -onthe table 46 which insures athorough uniform beating of the mattress over its entire upper and lower sides'.

The machine-provides a means for rapidly and eniciently accomplishing an operation which has heretofore been slow and very laborious.

A suitable dust collector 54 may withdraw the dust ladenrair from the device and the mattrossthereon, whereby to provide a clean mattress as well as an evenly stuffed mattress..

What I lclaim is:

1. In a device ofthe class described the combination with vibrating tables vfor holding a mattress, of a plurality Y*of paddles for delivering blows to said mattress.

.2. ln a device of the class described the A.

beating mechanism carried by the movable l base, a second vibrating table and beating mechanism carriedby the frame and means for actuating the tables and beating mechanisms.

y4. 1n la device of the vclass described the combination with a frame of a base movablj.T mounted wit-hin the frame, paddle mechanisms mounted on the top of the frame and on the movable base, spaced tables between the paddle mechanisms, cams ing paddles mounted for operation between the slats in the tab-les, the tablesbeing positioned for receiving a mattress between them, means for actuating the paddles for delivering lows to said mattress and Jfor vibration of the tables.

6. In a device of the class described the combination of a pair of tables having elongated pertorations therethrough'and mounted for being vibra-ted, a plurality of paddles mounted adjacent extreme sides of said tables for passing through the perforation in said tables and means to actuatethe paddles and vibrate said tables.

7. ln a device of the class described the combination with` af framework carrying a movable base mounted for assuming a raised and a-lowered position, of paddle mechanisms mounted on the top of the trame and the movable base, cam shafts carrying cams Vconnected with the paddle mechanism,

tables supported by the cams for being rapidly raised and dropped thereby, and means to actuate the paddle mechanisms and the v cam shafts.

In testimony whereof, IA have hereunto subscribed my name this 3rdV day of October, y1923.

ADAM WUEST., 

